WEEK 1 · FINAL
THE READ
75 points between Texans and Bills
Scoreboard operators earned their money. Bills 42, Texans 33. Dante Moore was steady for Texans — 14/21, 309 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Odell Beckham Jr was the target for Texans — 6 catches, 187 yards, 4 TD. Through the air: Texans 309, Bills 211.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texans | -16.6 | +2.0 | -18.6 | -10 |
| Bills | +3.6 | -3.7 | +7.2 | +2 |
SRS is how many points a side beats an
average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good
team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20.
SOS is how hard that schedule has been.
Full table.
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IN THE BOOTH
Jordan Hayes
The armchair coach
Houston put up 360 yards and Dante Moore threw 4 touchdown passes—that should win most football games—but Buffalo's ground game (129 yards to 51) and Josh Allen's 4 interceptions created a math problem where the Texans' air raid couldn't overcome the Bills' self-inflicted wounds fast enough. Houston has to establish the run or it won't matter how well Moore plays.
Luca Santana
Analyst
· replying
Buffalo won a game it had no business winning—4 turnovers and Josh Allen throwing 4 interceptions should not beat a team that outgained them by 20 yards and had a receiver in Odell Beckham Jr. that nobody could cover.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers —
none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that
did not happen.
Dante Moore
Texans
14/21, 309 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Odell Beckham Jr
Texans
6 catches, 187 yards, 4 TD
Josh Allen
Bills
17/26, 211 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air
Texans 309, Bills 211
Texans
On the ground
Bills 129, Texans 51
Bills
Total yards
Texans 360, Bills 340
Texans
Giveaways
Bills 4, Texans 3
Texans
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
THE MATCHUP SCOUT
every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 69% · Rush 31% · 24.8 scored, 43.4 allowed
9.8 yds/att
55.6% completions
5.2 yds/carry
240.4 yds/game
3.4 giveaways/game
11.6% sack rate
last 5: 0-5
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 56 · Aggressive
Balance 81
Ball security 5
Back usage 23%
QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 3.4 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 83
WR 86
TE 69
RB 87
OL 80
DL 83
LB 80
DB 88
Best: Will Anderson Jr LEDG 96
Fastest: Kyle Williams WR 94 SPD
11 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 61% · Rush 39% · 36.5 scored, 29.2 allowed
9.2 yds/att
57.0% completions
7.5 yds/carry
352.2 yds/game
2.5 giveaways/game
7.4% sack rate
last 4: 3-1
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive
Balance 89
Ball security 30
Back usage 27%
QB runs 5.2/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 84
TE 99
RB 88
OL 82
DL 80
LB 81
DB 82
Best: Josh Allen QB 99
Fastest: Nyck Harbor WR 99 SPD
13 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Bills
Bills · his last 4 games
Balanced
Gives it away
Runs the quarterback
Pass / run61% / 39%
Points for / against36.5 — 29.2
Margin+7.2
Giveaways a game2.5
Sacks taken7.4% of dropbacks
Lead backJames Cook III · 9.2/g
Top targetNyck Harbor · 37%
QB carries5.2 a game
Brayden
Texans · his last 5 games
Throws it
Gives it away
One back
Takes sacks
Pass / run69% / 31%
Points for / against24.8 — 43.4
Margin-18.6
Giveaways a game3.4
Sacks taken11.6% of dropbacks
Lead backAshton Jeanty · 6.6/g
Top targetKyle Williams · 28%
QB carries2.0 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES
Brayden against Bills — the men, not the teams
Bills leads it 1-0.
Bills won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 33.0 — 42.0
biggest: 9 pts to Bills
S2 · week 1
Brayden 33 — 42 Bills
BILLS
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Texans receivers vs Bills secondary
86 v 82
TEXANS
Bills receivers vs Texans secondary
84 v 88
TEXANS
Texans line vs Bills front
80 v 80
EVEN
Bills line vs Texans front
82 v 83
EVEN
Texans backs vs Bills run defence
87 v 81
TEXANS
Bills backs vs Texans run defence
88 v 82
BILLS
Texans passer vs Bills secondary
83 v 82
EVEN
Bills passer vs Texans secondary
99 v 88
BILLS
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BOX SCORE
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| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore QB | 14/21 | 309 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 109.7 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen QB | 17/26 | 211 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 89.2 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| Dante Moore QB | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cook III HB | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 |
| Josh Allen QB | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Davis HB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Beckham Jr WR | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 75 |
| Kyle Williams WR | 1 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 43 |
| Marlin Klein TE | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 25 |
| Ashton Jeanty HB | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 13 |
| Brenden Bates TE | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Nico Collins WR | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kittle TE | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 19 |
| Nyck Harbor WR | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 19 |
| Germie Bernard WR | 3 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Jackson Hawes TE | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 26 |
| James Cook III HB | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 11 |
| Cam Coleman WR | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
TEXANS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Stingley Jr CB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Ramsey FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr LEDG | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayden McDonald DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry To'oTo'o WILL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamari Lassiter CB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raheem Biles MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bray Hubbard SS | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Williams WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pinnock SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Sanders REDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BILLS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Benford CB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hancock SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davison Igbinosun SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Oliver DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Jackson DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Bishop FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ciarlo MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Stewart REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Kilgore SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JL Skinner SS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECENT FORM
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TEAM STATS
| Texans | Bills | |
|---|---|---|
| 360 | TOTAL YARDS | 340 |
| 309 | PASSING YARDS | 211 |
| 51 | RUSHING YARDS | 129 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 3 | GIVEAWAYS | 4 |
| 4 | TAKEAWAYS | 3 |
Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0
TEXANS
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1
BILLS